As his appearance at Hogwarts had been Jherek's first personal experience involving time-travel, Arthur's 'boxes' were his first experience with the concept of luggage. Jherek would eventually encounter luggage again, and the incidents that followed would assure he'd feel a sense of vague discomfort around anyone who carried it. But, he had no reason yet to suspect any of Arthur's motives, his reaction to the revelation of the box's identity was met with nothing but fascinated approval and curiosity. "Luggage, you say? Oh, splendid! Is there a reason for them? I hope you don't mind if I make one for myself."
Had Jherek realized that he was irritating Arthur, he'd have left of straight away- Jherek was the very soul of thoughfulness, if given the opportunity. However, people from times other than his own bizarre and decadent period tended to misunderstand his attempts at friendliness. Likewise, he tended to misinterpret less-than-favorable reactions to himself when they were voiced politely- reading beneath an immediate exterior wasn't anything that Jherek usually had to bother with, so he had no practice at this at all. If he had, he most likely wouldn't have pulled out the wand he'd obtained from the box in Ancient Runes, invented a bit of gibberish (he'd deducted this as 'important' for the operation of the oddly shaped transmutation device), and pointed the wand with far more of a flourish than necessary at a cluster of his birds, which quickly reconstituted themselves into 'a luggage'. Jherek's was bright blue to match his ensemble, and, almost humorously large. And of course, he looked to Arthur with a smile, presuming he'd take the bit of inspired transfiguration as a compliment.
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Date: 2010-10-20 09:33 am (UTC)As his appearance at Hogwarts had been Jherek's first personal experience involving time-travel, Arthur's 'boxes' were his first experience with the concept of luggage. Jherek would eventually encounter luggage again, and the incidents that followed would assure he'd feel a sense of vague discomfort around anyone who carried it. But, he had no reason yet to suspect any of Arthur's motives, his reaction to the revelation of the box's identity was met with nothing but fascinated approval and curiosity. "Luggage, you say? Oh, splendid! Is there a reason for them? I hope you don't mind if I make one for myself."
Had Jherek realized that he was irritating Arthur, he'd have left of straight away- Jherek was the very soul of thoughfulness, if given the opportunity. However, people from times other than his own bizarre and decadent period tended to misunderstand his attempts at friendliness. Likewise, he tended to misinterpret less-than-favorable reactions to himself when they were voiced politely- reading beneath an immediate exterior wasn't anything that Jherek usually had to bother with, so he had no practice at this at all. If he had, he most likely wouldn't have pulled out the wand he'd obtained from the box in Ancient Runes, invented a bit of gibberish (he'd deducted this as 'important' for the operation of the oddly shaped transmutation device), and pointed the wand with far more of a flourish than necessary at a cluster of his birds, which quickly reconstituted themselves into 'a luggage'. Jherek's was bright blue to match his ensemble, and, almost humorously large. And of course, he looked to Arthur with a smile, presuming he'd take the bit of inspired transfiguration as a compliment.